HARYANA

New Delhi: Terming light sentences being awarded in road accident cases as "mockery of justice", Supreme Court on Monday asked lawmakers to "scrutinise, re-look and re-visit" the penal laws saying the poor's life was as worth living as that of the rich.
"We are compelled to observe that India has...

New Delhi: Terming light sentences being awarded in road accident cases as "mockery of justice", Supreme Court on Monday asked lawmakers to "scrutinise, re-look and re-visit" the penal laws saying the poor's life was as worth living as that of the rich. "We are compelled to observe that India has...

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said his sole aim was to end corruption and give good governance to the state's people.
Attacking the previous Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government, he said certain people had approached him with offers to follow its "give and take" policy.
"In the very...

Jalpaiguri: A missionary school in West Bengal has received threat calls and letters from unknown persons asking it to be shut down.
The school has been warned that if it is not closed down, it will have to face the consequences. Police have lodged a complaint in the case.
The...

Rewari: Unseasonal rains across India have led to the extensive damage of crops with Rewari district in Haryana being one of the worst hit. The standing crop in thousands of hectares of land has been destroyed and not just the magnitude of the loss but also pending loans is the...

Chandigarh: Hailing the Cow Protection Bill passed unanimously by the Haryana assembly, Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki on Saturday said that no other service is as great as 'gau sewa.'
He said by passing the bill, Haryana has carved for itself a separate identity among the states in the country.
"Everybody should inculcate...

Bhiwani: Standing in support of the farmers whose crops were damaged in the recent unseasonal rains in north India, Congress President Sonia Gandhi appealed to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Haryana to provide timely compensation to those in need.
"Farmers give us food. If they are suffering it...

Panaji: Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states of Maharashtra and Haryana banned beef, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said that there will be no such ban in his state.
Parsekar said beef is an integral part of the cuisine of the minority community of the state which constitute nearly...

New Delhi: In a bid to resolve the existing water issues with neighbouring Haryana, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will travel to Chandigarh and meet his counterpart Manohar lal Khattar in April.
"I informed Haryana CM Khattarji that I want to come Chandigarh and would like to have lunch with him....

Chandigarh: Haryana Assembly on Thursday witnessed pandemonium after Sports Minister Anil Vij said he would consider renaming sports complexes named after former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, drawing opposition from Congress which asked the BJP to apologise for "insulting" national leaders.
The trouble began during Question Hour when ruling BJP member...

Hisar: Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped in to review the investigations, the police has arrested the first accused in the Hisar church attack.
An under-construction church in Kaimri village in Hisar was vandalised by a group of people and the cross placed there was replaced with an idol...

New Delhi: Expressing concern over incidents of violence against minorities in West Bengal and Haryana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked for facts and action taken report into the incidents.
"PMO has asked for immediate report on facts & action taken regarding the incidents in Haryana & West Bengal. PM...

Chandigarh: Amid a row over vandalisation of an under-construction church in Hisar, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday told the Assembly that the building was reportedly built in an illegal colony and the dispute was the result of an altercation between the priest and those who attacked the...

Chandigarh: For "protection and upkeep" of cows, Haryana Assembly on Monday night passed a Bill which clamps a complete ban on cow slaughter in the state and provides for a rigorous imprisonment ranging from three years to ten years for killing the animal.
After discussing the Haryana 'Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan'...

New Delhi: Members in Rajya Sabha on Monday sought stern action to check growing attacks on minorities citing instances of rape of a 70-year-old nun in Bengal and demolition of a church in Haryana, with the government saying communal amity must be maintained at all costs.
D Raja (CPI), who had...

Hisar: After an under-construction church in Kaimri village was vandalised by a group on Sunday night, the Sarpanch claimed that they were enquired by Bajrang Dal members over the church.
"Bajrang Dal people had come to us few months back. They asked us if we had given permission for a church....

Hisar: An under-construction church in Kaimri village near was vandalised by a group and the cross replaced with an idol of Hanuman, triggering tension in the area in Haryana.
Father Subhash Chand of Williwarsh church lodged a complaint against 14 people, following which a case was registered by police under...

Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has imposed a complete ban on the sale of beef in any form and proposed to provide for 10 years rigorous imprisonment for cow slaughter, but ruled out equating it with murder.
"The ban also covers canned beef which was legal during the tenure of previous government,"...

After Maharashtra another BJP ruled state will ban beef soon. The Haryana government is keen on making sale and storage of beef in the state illegal and the charge they want to press on defaulters is at par with murder. Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code which deals with...

New Delhi: AAP leader Yogendra Yadav, who is leading the party's 'Jai Kisan Abhiyaan' campaign in Haryana, on Friday urged all opposition parties in that state to take up the issue of amendments made in Haryana Land Acquisition Act in the ongoing Budget session of the Assembly.
In a letter written...

After Maharashtra, Haryana government will introduce a bill in the Budget session to ban beef and cow slaughter in the state. Punishment under section 302 which amounts to murder, will be slapped for cow slaughter and possession of beef will also be included as crime.
...

Chandigarh: After Maharashtra, Haryana government will introduce a bill in the Budget session to ban beef and cow slaughter in the state. Punishment under section 302 which amounts to murder, will be slapped for cow slaughter and possession of beef will also be included as crime.
Haryana Agriculture Minister Om...

Chandigarh: Hours before the commencement of the budget session, Haryana Congress workers on Monday staged a demonstration in Chandigarh against the Centre's controversial amendments to the Land Acquisition Act.
Former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, along with Haryana Pradesh Congress committee president Ashok Tanwar and some party MLAs, led a march...

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday launched a scheme for girl child - 'Aapki Beti Humari Beti' - with an aim to combat the problem of declining child sex ratio in the state. The scheme was announced at a state-level function on the occasion of International Women's...

Chandigarh: In view of the skewed gender ratio in the state, Haryana government is mulling to frame a law under which registration of pregnancy will be made compulsory.
"Legal opinion is being sought to take action if one does not get pregnancy registered within first three months," state's Health Minister Anil...

Kurukshetra: A large number of farmers associated with Bhartiya Kisan Union on Thursday held a protest and blocked the Kurukshetra-Saharanpur road in support of their various demands.
The BKU farmers led by Haryana unit president Gurnam Singh, courted arrest at Pipli town, near here in support of their demands, including hike...

Chandigarh: A Jaguar fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed close to Shahbad town in Haryana's Kurukshetra district on Thursday, with the pilot ejecting safely.
"The fighter aircraft crashed in the fields. According to preliminary information, the pilot ejected from the plane before it fell in the fields. He...

New Delhi: It's a crucial day for OP Chautala, the Delhi High Court will pronounce its judgment on the appeal filed by former Haryana chief minister in the Junior Basic Teachers recruitment scam.
OP Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala and eight others had been awarded 10 years jail term for illegally...

Karnal: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's convoy hit a pedestrian in Karnal on Monday night, who later succumbed to his injuries. The incident occurred when the Chief Minister's convoy was travelling from Chandigarh to Delhi.
The PCR car escorting Khattar reportedly lost control at a turn and hit a...

Gurgaon: The foetus of a baby girl was found in an open dump yard in Gurgaon on February 25. A boy playing nearby saw pigs carrying the foetus in their mouth and made a video.
In the video, the pigs roaming around the dump yard can be seen holding the foetus...